Fine Arts & Crafts (including Martin Ware) - 21st June 2023
Lot 399
A Wiener Werkstätte silver and malachite centrepiece designed by Josef Hoffmann for Palais Stoclet
Estimate £15,000 - £20,000 | Hammer £180000
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Description
A Wiener Werkstätte silver and malachite centrepiece designed by Josef Hoffmann for Palais Stoclet Brussels, model S.1053, made by Alfred Mayer, cylindrical form on six bun feet, with elliptical panels inter-spaced with rectangular malachite columns, and a later silver and malachite tray designed by Josef Hoffmann, made in Belgium, stamped Wiener Werkstätte marks, JH monogram, AM monogram to centrepiece, 22.5cm. diam (2)
9.8cm. high (centrepiece)
949 grams (total weight of centrepiece).
27.8cm. diam. (tray)
868 grams (tray total weight)
Provenance
Palais Stoclet, for Adolphe Stoclet,
Literature
Gabriele Fahr-Becker, Wiener Werkstätte 1903-1932. Taschen, page 52-53 for a black and white photograph of a comparable (possibly this) centrepiece, under the Stoclet Frieze by Gustav Klimt in the dining room. On the same sideboard a footed silver bowl with comparable tray.
Catalogue notes
The silver and malachite tray relates to a flower dish designed by Hoffmann and made by the Wiener Werkstätte, for Palais Stoclet, 1908, recorded in the MAK archive WWF 94-84-3.